Two minutes ago, both Tokugawa Kyotoku and the ministers here all had strong expectations for the letter of persuasion written by Aoden himself.

Two minutes later...they changed color and "expected" turned into "sad" and "anger".

As soon as the reading fell, a man shouted in anger:

"It's too much to deceive others! It's really too much to deceive others!"

With this man's lead, the rest of them cursed:

"We still have a strong city to defend! We still have thousands of soldiers available, why should we surrender?!"

"What is he?'In the name of General of the Conquering the Wild"? Why does he represent General of the Conquering the Wild!"

"I would rather die than beg for mercy at Ju Qingdeng!"

Although the book of persuading surrender written by Qingdeng himself did not use complicated classical Chinese, it happened to be this simple and direct plain language that gave Mido a great stimulation to the monarch and ministers!

This is both a tough persuasion to surrender and a naked humiliation!

It is no exaggeration to say that Qingdeng is almost like "Don't mess around, you have no chance of winning, just surrender" on their faces.

His contempt for Mito was beyond words.

Such a straightforward humiliation, even Tokugawa Kyotoshi, who has a good cultivation, cannot bear it.

Then he stood up, his hair was angrily rushing, his cheeks flushed, and the blood vessels in his temples on both sides jumped like earthworms:

"Defend the Mito Castle to the death! Swear to fight against Kirikurato!"

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One hour later—

Outside Mito Castle, the besieged position—

"Qingdeng, everything is ready."

Kondo Yuki said to Aoden gently.

Qing Deng asked expressionlessly:

"Did there be a response from the other side?"

Kondo shook his head:

"No."

"It's such a pity, it's a waste of my kindness."

"Are you going to start the attack?"

"Then we need to say that since the opponent has shown his 'backbone', we must respond. Send an order to the 11th Team! Blast the walls of Mito Castle!"

"Yes! Team 11, prepare for shelling!"

Regarding how to capture Mito Castle, Aiden's plan is quite simple and there is no need for any conspiracy.

In the era of cold weapons that lack the ability to attack - such as the Warring States Period three hundred years ago - it was indeed particularly difficult to attack a strong city like Mito Castle.

If the troops are more than countless times, they can only rely on "soldiers and food warfare" to drag down the enemy.

Nowadays, with the rapid advancement of technology, these castles made of bricks, stones and wood are no longer worthy of fear.

Can these backward castles block the cannons?

As the order was delivered, the shelling positions of the 11th Team immediately became busy.

The muzzles of these frames point diagonally to the sky, aiming at Mito Castle, and cannon bombardment at any time.

After receiving the order to "start the attack", the artillery soldiers who were already ready to take action immediately.

Send instructions one by one.

Fill in with gunpowder.

Then--

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

One round of shells rushed out, cutting through the atmosphere and landing towards Mito Castle like raindrops!

In an instant, flame waves and shock waves swept across Mito Castle!

Even Qingdeng and others who were far away in this formation felt the ground under their feet trembling.

Mito Castle, which was just peaceful, was dominated by turmoil.

Of course, the Mito Army is not without the power to fight back.

Just a few minutes after the new group started the attack, the opponent launched a counterattack.

The shells flew in arcs.

However, all of these shells fell outside the besieged positions and made no achievements except to stir up countless dust.

The cannons used by the Mito Army are still the old antiques.

The rate of fire, accuracy, and range are all not as good as the new cannon used by the new selection group.

Therefore, it is only natural to happen in such a situation.

Strangely, from the surface, the number of artillery opposite is very considerable.

The walls and oars of Mito Castle Minomaru are covered with small black dots.

Although it is difficult to see clearly because of the distance, from the shape, these should be all cannons.

But these cannons did not launch bombardment and were just placed there for decoration.

Seeing this, Kondo Yuki looked confused and murmured involuntarily:

"It's so strange... the enemy's counterattack was much weaker than we expected."

Qingdeng frowned slightly, thoughtful, and then he seemed to think of something and bent the corner of his mouth:

"This is probably the old trick of Mito Jun, who disguises himself as a cannon with a bronze bell."

When Kondo Yuki heard this, he immediately showed a clear expression on his face.

After the outbreak of the "Black Ship Incident" (1853), the former lord of the Mito family, Tokugawa Shiaki, who was still alive, sent a large army to aid.

Because of the lack of cannons, the Mito army brought a large number of copper bells and placed on the coast.

In this way, looking from a distance, these bronze bells are like cannons.

The original intention is to bluff and shock the US ships - of course, it has no effect at all.

Regardless of the facts, the Mito Army's counterattack was indeed far less than the expectations of Aoden and others.

The shells of the Xinxuan group covered Mito Castle Minomaru, but the shells of the Mito Army were unable to hit the siege positions... an extremely unequal war.

The soldiers of the Mito Army were extremely distressed.

On the other hand, the soldiers in the newly selected group were very comfortable.

Qingdeng sat leisurely on the stool, staring quietly, and waiting silently.

The soldiers of the 11th Team kept firing artillery, as if these shells were all worthless.

It is true that the soldiers of the 11th Team cannot win every single shot.

If one of ten shells hits, it would be lucky.

Although the hit rate is not good, it cannot withstand the number of shells and the target area is large!

Sannomaru's wall is very long and wide, making it an excellent target.

The advantage of Japanese castles is their complex design, not known for their materials and wall thickness - anyway, they will definitely not be able to withstand the continuous bombing of shells!

The first thing that was destroyed was Mianomaru's oar.

Just now, a shell was impartially hitting Miannomaru's oar, like rice cut by a sickle, and it was cut in half.

Immediately afterwards, Sannomaru's wall gradually collapsed.

After being bombarded by countless shells, Mianomaru's city wall began to shake.

Countless pieces of slag and pieces splashed out... The cracks continued to extend and deepen.

Finally, with a bang, Mito Castle Sannomaru's wall completely collapsed! A huge gap was revealed!

Qingdeng issued further orders indifferently:

"Prepare to suppress Mianomaru!"

His military order was soon passed to the positions of the Second Division, Third Division and Sixth Division.

By the way, Aoto did not allow Serizawa Ya to participate in the attack - this was mainly because Serizawa Yato was born in the Mito family.

It would be too cruel to have someone attack his hometown.

Although Serizawa Ya did not mention the "Mito Conquest", for various reasons, Aoden decided to let him and his fourth team serve as a reserve team and stay in the rear.
To be continued...